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The weekly times. (Wilmington, Del.) 1886-18??, 1887-03-19


cisco to President Cleveland that
the Alaska Commercial Company
has illegally taken possession of the
Behring Sea, in order to monopolize
its valuable seal fisheries.
This company one of the most
stupendous organizations that ever
existed in this country, and the peer
of the East India and Hudson Bay
companies, was Incorporated many
years ago under the laws OF the,
State of California as the Alaska
Commercial Company.
1t has assumed sovereign power
over the most valuable fisheries of
the whole United States-namely,
the Alaska fisheries in Behring Sea
and without shadow of right or
authority, except lease from the
United States dated August 3, 1870,
permitting it to kill 100000 seals
annually upon two small islands in
Behring Sea at a rent Of $55, 900 per
annum, has taken possession aud
control not only of the Territory,
but also of vast sea 5000 miles
long by 2,700 miles wide; has made
itself the boss of the government and
impressed into its service the Of
'ficers and agents of the government
TO maintain IT'S possession and CON
troll of this immense Territory and
sea.
1t has established exclusive trad
ing posts at all the available stations
in that immense Territory, on the
coast, along the rivers and upon the
islands Of Behring Sea. 1t exercises
absolute dominion over the natives
and holds them in state of practical
bondage. 1t has exterminated the
seals on certain islands to prevent
them from falling into the hands of
other traders. Its agents have, in
violation of law, defaced the silver
coin of the United States with
stamp for purposes of trade, and re-
fuse to accept any other when tend
cred by the natives for the purchase
The weekly times. (Wilmington, Del.) 1886-18??, 1887-03-19

THE position of the heathen-that
is, SO far as their future is concerned
lis at present an .uneuyiable one.
The American Board of Commits
sioners for Foreign Missions recently
met in solemn conclave and resolved
that all heather who die without the
benefit of clergy would be condemn.
ed to eternal torture. Rev. Mr..
Hume, a missionary, dissented from
this view, and on returning to shis
country from India for vacation he
was Informed that the Board had de-
cided to keep him out of India for a
year. The heather who are rash
enough to die during that time will
incur q fearful responsibility.
The weekly times. (Wilmington, Del.) 1886-18??, 1887-03-19

The two proudest set of men in
Wilmington to-day are the Friend
ship and Phoenix Steam Fire
Engine Companies. The handsome
new engine just received by the
former and the fine pair of horses
bought by the latter are sthe causes.
The weekly times. (Wilmington, Del.) 1886-18??, 1887-03-19
SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1887.

ANDREW 0. WILSON, OF the citizens
committee that went to Dover the
other day in the interest of so-called
reform government for Wilmington,
made a grievous mistake in address
ing the Legislative Committee. He
said that Dennis ] Mention was de
feated for reelection to council be-
cause he had helped to reduce the
city's expenses. Mr.. Mention was
not defeated for that reason. The
people of the Tenth Ward were OPP
passed to his sI5O,OOO park bill, and
II ley believed that he represented
Ne Harlan & Hollingsworth Co.'S
interests more than theirs. This is
Thy he was defeated. Mr.. Wilson
not the kind of man to dislike
ose who toady to the power of
ealth, but he cannot lead his fell
beings into blindly doing the
NJ
The weekly times. (Wilmington, Del.) 1886-18??, 1887-03-19
WANTS.

WANTFD.-Two or three unfur.
nished rooms on one floor, in a quiet
respectable honse near Eighth and
Market. Reference given if required.
Rent moderate, address,
G. @. g., soA Market St.
WANTED.-An agent male or fe-
male, in Wilmington and adjoining
towns, to give out work to ladies' to
be done at their homes. Goods
delivered free. No canvassing; steady
employment good wages. Pay
weekly. GEo. SHEARD, Pennsyl-
vania House, Ladies entrance,
Front and King streets.
BoARDERs.-G entlemen Of quiet
habits are offered rooms and board
withhome comfortsa ut 705 Market st.
Also table board.
The weekly times. (Wilmington, Del.) 1886-18??, 1887-03-19

DR. HONEYWELL,
IL Philadelphia Denti.t,
go Market ST., Wilmington. Del
Smiths Building)
Teeth extracted for F. rs cts
With pas for. 49,. =. 50 cts
Teeth filled with 81 yer for. rs cts
Theeth filled with amalgam for so cts
Teeth filled with gold for 81 and up q
Teeth cleaned for. rs cts
A set of teeth. $3.50
Best set of teeth $500
There is no better made no matter.
how much you pay. Patients who come
in the morning can wear their teeth
home the same day. All work war
ranted. Office open from Z a m to sp m.
The weekly times. (Wilmington, Del.) 1886-18??, 1887-03-19

considerable nrogress with
lonla who wonld verv l;Lolv
I if,bev could soo thror,,h
come otbors A. 40
81 aes;ros % no ho,,i,,,,,,a,,
Bdeo of the Now yorl, Iva
a. & - oo,.,.,, -. q pIo;.a
White uonso e i h,,n,hnoa
,mnornaod IA ~ ,aaEaa
RI boar;nrs s,,..,, Nm,
INC resalt NAV ~ ssen ahead Eyo,,
If Mr. Blaine were a saint ,yhioh ~
il NOT tile Presidencv 81 Tho IIn;tod
States would betoobonorabla ! MIC
to be eained for him bv deoont;,,n
The Maine statesmen 4 l,nova loa,
for his nol;tical tricl,erv ana ;s;, ~
in his warm att;tnde toward III
Soutb inst before bis doeoat oo.,
nared with his tirade ooa;ns. ~
South just after his lodging of the
liquor question, or any of his other
notable strategies, he is always
found "casting an anchor to wind.
ward.p The student of Mr. Blaine,s
movements well remembers that the
smoke of the November election in
New York had not cleared away no
fore he was closeted with tho man
who, as a labor candidate far moyor
had polled 6s.O0O votes moro than
the Republican candidate and onI,
10000 less than his successf,, ~
ponent. That meeting was 70 have
been a secret one bnt q v;oiIort -
porter told about it. Mr. Rloino,s
Butler side-show of 1884 had f.ilod
and in the representative Of 80 ,ooo
votes in the pivotal STATE Of NJ,
York, mostly Democratic ~
Pinned Knight saw another ohonao
to realize his great ambition WIZ
took place at that meeting no ono
knows except the two wbo wa,.o
present, but it is a significant ssot
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-14
Defying Spanish Court Etiquette,

The queen regent of Spain is knocking
the blue laws of Spanish etiquette to
pieces at jolly rate. The other day she
called a meeting of the ministry at the
Castle of Aranjuez. When the statesmen
reached the gate Of the park they found
the qneen and the Princess Isabel waiting
for them. The queen was in victoria
and the Princess Isabel was in drag and
four. The queen was driving. She in
vited Senior Sagasta to take q seat beside
her, and the other ministers were accom-
modated in the drag. On reaching the
castle coffee was brought, and the queen
ordered cigars to be produced as well and
offered to the gentlemen. The ministers
seemed to hesitate. In all the annals of
Spanish history no subject had ever
smoked in the presence of queen. The
queen regent, however, gave the COM
mand, and the ministers, like dutiful sub
jects, obeyed, Gold sticks and chamber
lains have been ever since in hopeless
espondency.-New York Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-14

''The business men of New York city
remind me of the savages we read of in
history" said Ex-Governor Routt the
other day after he had finished talking
about the new Capitol building.
"How is thaty" queried reporter
"You know / was down east the other
day looking after little business matter
1t wasn't of any great Importance, and if
I'd had the same thing to do in Denver I
could have wound the entire matter up in
two days"
"Why couldn't you work as rapidly in
the metropolis?''
'.For the best of reasons. The people I
was dealing with never got down town till
10 O'Clock or after. Then they have to
look over their mail and give few orders
to the men in their employ. BY the time
you get to talk business to them it is IL
o'clock and after. You will just fairly
start in to tell them what you want when
some friends of theirs will rush in and
say: Come, Jones, let's 60 and get lunch
That settles it. You couldn't keep that
fellow from going off and gorging himself
if he knew he could make a fortune by
waiting. They seem to me to live for no
other purpose than to eat, and that's why
say they remind me of the savages."
elbow many times do they dine each
day?''
'The Lord only knows. It's breakfast,
or lunch, or dinner, or supper with them
all the time. If were to stay in that
town and get into the habits of those
people I'd die in less than q year of dys-
pepsia. But the rascals seem to enjoy
it,
'How many hours do these people work
each day."
"Workl They never work. They fool
about town three or four hours each day
and then start for home or take some
pleasure jaunt. But to hear them talk
you would imagine they were actually
driven to death. If anybody in the world
takes life easy it is these same people
refer to. denver Republican Interview.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-14
Was inst as Thankful.

Charles d. Sabin, of the New York
Produce exchange, sailed away the other
day for two months holiday, but be-
fore going young Jesse Hoyt and dozen
more of Mr.. Sabin's business cronies in
vited him to spread at the Exchange
club. The party were seated around the
mahogany, Mr.. Sabin in the guests seat,
expectant and gratefully approaching the
honor, when the chef appeared and in
formed Mr.. Hoyt, the organizer of the
affair, that the oven in the boss range of
the club had been blown out, and that it
was quite impossible to serve the dinner.
Mr.. Sabin said, "Never mind, boys; thank
you just the same" and all left the
board. There is a joke in this story. 1t
is true that Mr.. Hoyt and his comrades
invited Mr.. Sabin to q spread, but it is
also true that they thought that the chef
might say something to stop it, and so
instructed him. The chef did as he was
told, and Mr.. Sabin left town fully be-
Geving that that range had been blown
Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-14
Honey as Medicine.

Last year a French tourist, NJ. Gull
meth by name, paid visit to Tasmania,
and being much interested in its indigo
nous vegetation, examined the numerous
varieties of the eucalyptus which flourish
in that island. His investigations brought
him into contact with q small black bee,
which stores its honey in the Z. globulus.
He found that this honey emitted a strong
odor as of gum leaves. Collecting some
he carried 1t to Europe for the purpose of
having it analysed, and of ascertaining
whether 1t possessed any special qualities.
1t was carefully studied by NJ. Thomas
Caraman, a well known chemical analyst,
and LIE Temps of February said that he
had discovered in the honey some interest
ing medicinal virtues. 1t exercises a
mOderating influence ON the action of the
heart; it Is antithermic-that is to say, it
lowers the temperature; it facilitates the
respiration, for it is anti-catarrhal; it Is o
febrifuge and parasiticide, and it has been
found efficaciOus in overcoming obstinate
cases of bronchitis and even of whooping
cough. 1t is almost unnecessary to add
that the various preparations of eucalyp-
tus make an important figure in tie
French pharmacop9ia, and its therapeu-
tic value is far from being fully ascer-
tanned at the present time.--Chicago
.JOurnal
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-14
Result Of Stage KneeIing.

"Housemaid's khee'' has long held q
recognized and honorable place among the
ills which flesh is heir to-honorable be-
cause, as we know, "Who sweeps floor
rs for Gods law makes that and the ac-
ton fine" The prevailing taste for
emotional drama has developed a varia-
ton of this complaint which may be called
leading lady's knee" Mrs. Kendall is
the first victim, or at any rate the first
whose case has been recorded. Lady
Clancarty has to importune, first her
fiinty hearted brother, and then the more
complaisant king, for mercy toward her
husband. This involves such continual
kneeling that Mrs. Kendall has been for
some time suffering the pains hitherto
held peculiar to housemaids and nuns.
She now kneels upon O cushion.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-14
characteristics of the Pug Dog.

There are not more than fifty pug dogs
I'm st. Louis, and yet they are in great de-
mand. The reason they cannot be sup
piled is because they are hard to get.
Their race peculiarities are strange, and
hence they do not multiply as rapidly as
other breeds. Not more than four or five
are had at one litter, and they will not re-
tain their breed if crossed. When thus
crossed with other breeds the puppies lose
the characteristics of the pug and re-
semble the crossed breed. This is good
explanation Of their rarity. 1t was only
in the last fifty years that these pets of
society could be obtained by everybody.
They were formerly bred by certain men,
bers of the nobility of Europe, and the
strain remained family possession, The
qualification Of being rare was not the
only one that rendered the pug valuable.
He is essentially a pet. I never heard of
a case where pug dog had the rabies.
He has an excellent temper, SO that he is
safe for children. OF course, he is not a
fighter or a watch dog, but these are not
qualifications demanded of pet. He is
delicate, like all lap dogs, liable to become
overfed, but he makes up for that by gen
eral amiability. / am a great friend of
the pug, for l do not think he is generally
understood. -GlObezDe Democrat,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-14
Tho Travelling Public to Blame.

Perhaps collisions at sea between great
steamships will become entirely impos-
sible some day; but it will not be until
the travelling public gets over its present
hurry. If steamships came to a full stop
the moment the fog settled down on them,
or just as soon as another fog horn than
their own was heard, there would not be
any serious chance of their coming to-
gether. BY code Of signals under such
circumstances one vessel might even adj
vance slowly while the other stood ready
to back, until 1t was certain that they had
passed each other. But this would be
slow work, and the growing of the pas
sengers at the delay would probably
drive the commander to suicide or vio-
lence. No, the public itself Is not yet
quite willing to travel safely,-New York
Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-14
Hard In See tina Rail-

amssurprised that the public do not
know that it is q difficult thing to see a
ball while facing the grand stand. The
other day ball was batted at Foutz
while he was pitching and he lodged it.
The crowd yelled ''rats" and coward. !"
The fact is, Dave could hardly see the ball,
not because it was necessarily swift, but be-
cause it was the same color as the grand
stand which he was facing. Nearly every
spectator has played ball only in an open
field where he had a horizon line, above
which the ball could easily be seen against
the sky. But in an inclosed field it is a
difficult matter to see ball well black
ened by use, in the infield, If it comes
from the dark grand stand. 1t is this
that causes so many of the mysterious
muffs and misses which the public can see
no excuse for.-Basebau Player IN
Globe.p Democrat
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-14
How Mad,tones aro Formed.

Since the people have been convinced
that there is virtue in madstones they arc
springing up all over. the country. While
at Uuion Point few days ago we saw
magnificent maidstone, as large as q
Banks county biscuit. The gentleman
who owns this stone says it came from
Alabama, where there was large deer
lick. They are said to be found I'm deer
who visit these ticks, and the mineral
taken into the animals stomach there
forms the maidstone. The gentleman also
Informed us that he had seen two mad
stones broken open, and in one Of them
was found bullet and I'm the other an
acorn. Madstones are getting in demand,
and fine market will be open IL the dogs
continue to have the distemper
Gal Banner.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-14
"The Spectacle IIissinn,v

A provincial contemporary contains an
account Of a new missionary enterprise
one for distributing spectacles among the
poor. This may seem at first sight q very
prosaic thing to do, but we recognize in it
the very genius of kindness. II was eyes
to the blind" was one of the most excus-
able boasts of Job in his moments Of par
donable complacency. Such may be the
satisfaction of DR.. Edward Waring, of
Mazda Vale, who is credited with initiating
this piece Of benevolencc among the in
mates of st. Giles workhouse and the
Cleveland Street Sick asylum years ago.
Such service implies much trouble and
time. 1t is of little use to supply spec
tacles to the poor without much personal
trouble to suit the glasses to sight. We
can only hope that DR.. Warnings example
will be fruitful, and that the intolerable
irksomeness of life in those who have the
to work without the means of
doing so will be extensively mitigated.-
London Lancet.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-14
Charles Reade and His Characters.

OF all modern authors probably the
most singular in his mental attitude
toward the personages of his romances was
Charles Reade. In speaking of the
characters he had drawn he always ap-
peared unconscious of their artificial orr
gin, and referred to them as if their reality
were an established fact. He did not
recognize any particular connection be-
tween them and himself. l have re-
peatedly heard him discuss the idiosyncra-
sizes OF this or that member of his ideal
family in precisely the tone he would have
employed If they had been independent of
him in every sense. When a friend re-
marked upon what he supposed to be the
motives that impelled the heroine of
Griffith Gaunt' to q certain course Of
action, Reade exclaimed hastily and some
what warmly, 81 don't believe Kate
Gaunt ever thought of such a thing"
Then he became distracted, and few
minutes after added, at doesn't seem
credible that Kate Gaunt could be infiu-
enced in that way; but, after all, who can
tellH' Something was said to him about
the ingenuity Of one of Mrs. Ryder's
schemes in the same novel YES"
answered Reade, wasn't it clever? You
wouldn't imagine q woman like Ryder up
to dodge of that sort. Ryder had more
brains than people gave her credit for"
There was no apparent recollection that
her cleverness, whatever it might have
been, was his own invention. In Glove
Me Little, Love Me Long, it is related
that Lucy Fountain, when expecting to he
drowned by the upsetting of a pleasure
boat, whispered to David Dodd that if she
must die she would have something to say
to him just before they went down. Reade
was asked what it was she intended to tell
him. 81 don't know" he replied, dream
lily; Chow should 1 know?'' And, a little
later, "What do you think she meant to
say? Nothing important, perhaps. All
well, Dodd may know; she probably told
him some time.'' There was not a par
ticle of affectation in this. Reade was the
last man to attempt that kind of pretense,
and If he had attempted it he could no
more have succeeded than he could have
flown to the moon. He was the embodi-
ment Of intellectual candor.-Atlantic
Monthly
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-14
Drawing the Line.

A Texas editor announces himself as
follows: "We were born 90 the Texan
frontier, have been reared Oh the broad
prairie; have plowed, herded cattle, kept
store, run mill, practiced physic, lee
tured on chronology, edited newspaper
and run drug store, but VIC have never
been whipped, and when any person
undertakes 1t he will be pretty certain 10
regret 1t till he dies, phase God, as the
Irishman said, that he lives that long ,
We can he slandercd, cursed, abused and
ridiculed, but we draw the line at being
whipped. "-Rrook IN Eagle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-14
HEREDITY.

Your structures are unmerited, our follies are
inherited,
Directly from our grant pas they all came;
Our defects have been transmitted, and we should
be acquitted
Of all responsibility and blame.
We are not deprayed beginners, but hereditary
sinners,
For our fathers never acted as they should;
'Tis the folly Of our gram'pas that continually
hampers
What pity that our gram'pas weren't good
Yes, we'd all be reverend senators If our depraved
progenitors
Had all been prudent, studious and wise;
But they were quite terrestrial, or we would be
celestial;
Yes, we'd all be proper tenants for the skies,
II we're not all blameless sages, and beacons to
the ages,
And flt for principalities and powers;
II we do not guide and man it, and engineer the
planet,
IT'S the folly Of our forefathers, and not ours!
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-14
A Tobacco Dealers Revenge.

The Women's Christian Temperance
union of Washington have been making
crusade against the tobacconists there who
display in their windows pictures of &C
tresses in tights. One dealer has taken a
wicked revenge. He dressed all his scan
tily clad works of art in little skirts of It's
sue paper. From the smallest to the
largest figure, they are all clad in white
and pink and blue skirts of tissue paper,
gathered at the waist, and pasted over
the figure from the bust to the ankles.
The effect is startling. New York Sun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-14
Ben: PerleY Poore's FarIn

Mai Ben: Perley Poore never made any
money off his fine Indian Hill farm, Massa-
chusetts, although under shrewd manage
ment it would have returned him good
income. A thrifty Bostonian is quoted in
The Philadelphia Record as saying:
Several years ago the.major cut 200 tons
of hay off it. Hay was worth S22 ton
then. But, by George, the major didn't
sell round of it! Not poundl He just
fed it to those old white cattle of his that
he kept just because they didn't have u
black hair on their hides. They all died
OH his hands. He never thought of SELL
fng or killing them. And then his latch
string was always out. How could he
save Isoney?''-New York Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-14
Girded Their LoiHs and Skinned.

GLOW is the work progressing In Da-
kotaP' asked a Boston minister Of n good
brother who lives I'm Dakota Mt the Baptist
anniversaries the other day.
"Wcll, l am getting along pretty well,
but still it's rather discouraging," replied
the Dakota man with an air of despond-
ency.
'Isn't there any religious interest out
there? Can't you awaken iti Or won't
they come 10 church!''
mo. it isn't that. The first week I
went there had big congregations. One
day there were 80 down on their knees
weeping and praying. A man came I'm
and said there were two detectives coming
down the road and every blessed person
got up and skipped. minneapolis Jour-
nal
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-14
Liking I'm Rnstnn.

You can live better in Boston on 81 a
week than you can in New York for $12.
You can buy more baked beans in Boston
for ten cents than in New York for twenty
cents. You can get in Boston rooEier
street car, and cleaner one and slower
one, and nearly always civil reply from
the conductor. You have in Boston more
girl walters at the restaurants and more
sass" from taem, Prentice Milford.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-14
Stained Glass Portrait of Washington.

Gen. William Il. Rogers is the possessor
of stained glass portrait Of George
Washington, which was made I'm China
seventy years ago, when the art was
almost unknown in this country. The
portrait is by Sully, after Stewards ctle-
brated painting, and Is life size. 1t has
been inthe Rogers family for sixty years,
and Is one of the half dozen of its kind in
the world, Chicago News,